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> WE ARE READY. >> I'LL CALL THIS MEETING TO

[CALL TO ORDER]

ORDER OF THE ABILENE LANDMARKS COMMISSION. THIS IS THE ABILENE LANDMARKS COMMISSION. WE WOULD LIKE TO INFORM EVERYONE PRESENT THE COMMISSION MEETS IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETING ACT. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMISSION IS SET FORTH BUT THE CITY COUNCIL IN SECTION 1171 OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.

THIS IS A RECOMMENDING COMMISSION.

ALL FINAL DECISIONS ARE MADE BY THE CITY COUNCIL OR THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS DEPENDING ON THE NATURE OF THE REQUEST AND APPROVAL OR DENIAL BY THIS COMMISSION.

OUR OVERALL PURPOSE IS TO ADMINISTER THE PROVISION OF CITY CODE FOR THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF STRUCTURES AND LAND DEEMED BY THE COMMUNITY TO BE HISTORICAL, ARCHITECT REALLY OR CULTURAL VALUE AND WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. I'LL ASK, APPROVAL OF

[1. Minutes: Receive a Report. Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on Approving the Minutes from previous regular meeting field on September 22. 2020]

THE MINUTES, DID ANYONE FIND ANY CHANGES IN THE MINUTES?

>> NO. >> I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE

MINUTES? >> SO MOVED.

>> I'LL SECOND. >> EVERYONE IN FAVOR SAY OHIO

AYE. >> AYI.

>> MINUTES ARE APPROVED. AND THE VERY FIRST AGENDA ITEM IS IT

CA-2020-05? >> I DON'T THINK I BROUGHT THE BRAND-NEW AGENDA. I THOUGHT THAT WAS IT. IT'S AN OLDER ONE I'M NOT VERY ORGANIZED. I'M SORRY. THE FIRST ITEM ON THE

[2. CA-2020-05: Receive a Report and Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing on a request for a Certificate of Appropriateness for several modifications to a parking garage located at 1149 N. 2nd Street and 151 Cedar Street]

AGENDA IS CA-2020-05, RECEIVE AND REPORT AND HOLD A DISCUSSION AND PUBLIC HEARING ON REQUEST FOR CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR SEVERAL MODIFICATIONS TO A PARKING GARAGE LOCATED AT 1149 NORTH 2ND STREET SECOND AND 151

CEDAR STREET STREET. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M NICK WATTS AND I SERVE AS THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF ABILENE. THIS CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS IS ON BEHALF OF THE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF ABILENE DCOA FOR LOCATION 1149 NORTH 2ND STREET SECOND STREET AND 151 CEDAR STREET STREET. IT IS CURRENTLY A PARKING GARAGE LOCATED THERE.

LIKE I SAID THEY'LL MAKE SEVERAL MODIFICATIONS TO THE BUILDING.

THE FIRST IS TO REBUILD ALL THE WOOD WINDOW CASINGS ALONG ALL EXTERIOR WALL FACES. ALL THE STEEL WINDOW CASINGS LOCATED ALONG EXTERIOR WALL FACES. THEY'RE GOING TO INSERT GLOSSY BLACK VINYL COVERINGS ON THE STEEL WINDOWS. REMOVE THE SOUTHWEST FACING GARAGE DOOR AND PERMANENTLY AFFIX A NONFUNCTIONAL DOOR TO MATCH THE PREVIOUS GARAGE DOOR. THEN REPAIR THE WOODWORK ALONG THE SOUTHEAST AND EAST GARAGE DOORS PAINT THE STREET FACING EXTERIOR ENTRANCES TEXAS TAN TO MATCH THE EXISTING PAINT THERE. THEN REPLACE ALL THE GUTTER DOWNSPOUTS ALONG THE EXTERIOR FACADES. THIS IS A LOCATION MAP INDICATING THE SUBJECT PROPERTY HIGHLIGHTED AND STRIPED IN YELLOW. YOU CAN SEE FRONTAGE ALONG CEDAR STREET AND NORTH SECOND STREET. THIS IS A ZONING MAP INDICATING IT IS IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT OF DOWNTOWN. THIS IS A MAP INDICATING THAT THIS PROPERTY IS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD EMPOWERMENT ZONE. HERE ARE SEVERAL PHOTOS OF THE PROPERTY. LET ME GIVE YOU A BACKGROUND OF THE PROPERTY. IT WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT IN 1920 AS AN AUTO BODY SHOP. IT HAS AN ARCHITECT YOU RECALL STYLE OF COLONIAL REVIVAL, PRO APPROPRIATE FOR THE TIME PERIOD. IT'S COMPOSED OF SEVERAL COLONIES SEPARATED BY ENCASED STOREFRONT WINDOWS AND STEEL CASE WINDOWS. THE WINDOWS THAT ARE CURRENTLY THERE ARE NOT AFFIXED WITH GLASS AND THEY WILL REMAIN NOT AFFIXED WITH GLAD. A PHOTOGRAPH SUGGESTS A CANOPY

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HUNG ALONG THE NORTH SECOND STREET ENTRANCE AND A COMPANY WITH A PROJECTING SIGN THAT HANGS TODAY. YOU CAN SEE THAT IN THE LEFT HAND PHOTO. BUILDING RECORDS INDICATE THAT AUTO BODY SHOP OPERATED OUT OF THIS BUILDING UNTIL THE EARLY 1940'S THEN CONVERTED TO A PARKING GARAGE. THE BUILDING WAS GIVEN HISTORIC OVERLAY ZONING JUNE OF 1989. THE DCOA ASSUMED OWNERSHIP IN MAY 2020 AND COMMENCED REPAIRS IN THE PREVIOUS MONTHS OF THIS YEAR. THE THREE GARAGE DOORS THAT ARE CURRENTLY THERE ARE DETERIORATING AND ARE IN NEED OF REPAIR. THE WOODEN WINDOW CASINGS WERE RECENTLY REBUILT TO THE SAME ARCHITECTURE URL FEATURES. WE WERE NOTIFIED BY THE DCOA THAT THEY WERE MAKING SOME CHANGES TO THE BUILDING AND THEY WERE UNAWARE THIS REQUIRED A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS. SO WE DID INFORM THEM THAT WE HAVE TO COME SEE THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION FIRST AND SEEK APPROVAL THROUGH Y'ALL. YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PHOTOS HERE, ACTUALLY WE'LL START WITH THIS ONE, THE WOODEN WINDOW CASINGS. THAT WORK HAS COMMENCED BUT WE TOLD THEM THAT THEY HAD TO SEEK APPROVAL FIRST THERE'S THE STEEL WINDOW CASINGS, THE VINYL WINDOW COVERINGS THEY INTEND TO PLACE OVER THE WINDOWS. I BELIEVE THE GRACE MUSEUM HAS SIMILAR TYPE OF VINYL WINDOWS. AND THE REASON FOR THIS IS BECAUSE OF VANDALISM, IT WAS CRACKED, A LOT OF THE WINDOWS, WITHIN THAT AREA. HERE ARE THE GARAGES IN NEED OF HELP AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY HAVE ENCLOSED THAT SOUTH ENTRANCE RIGHT THERE.

HERE'S SOME CHANGES TO THE INTERIOR OF THE BUILDING.

ACTUALLY PAINTED THE ENTIRE CEILING AND PAINTED THE WALLS.

THEY'RE ALSO DOING WORK TO THE CONCRETE. THEY PUT UP BIRD NESTS OR BIRD NETS TO PREVENT ANY BIRDS FROM LIVING THERE, HAS BEEN TATING THE GARAGE AND THEY ALSO ERADICATED THE BATS THAT LIVED IN THERE. STAFF RECOMMENDS THE COMMISSION APPROVE THIS REQUEST SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS. THAT APPROVAL OF THIS CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS SECTION 2344 CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE IS SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS. IF THIS IS APPROVED, THE WORK SHALL COMMENCE WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF APPROVAL. IF WORK DOES NOT COMMENCE WITHIN SIX MONTHS, THEN THE CA SHALL EXPIRE. I'D BE

HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >> TELL ME ABOUT THE METAL WINDOWS AGAIN. I UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE WOODEN ONES. ARE THEY REPLACING THE METAL AND ALSO PUTTING THE BLACK BEHIND THIS?

>> FROM WHAT I KNOW, I THINK THEY'RE JUST REPAIRING THEM.

SOME WERE BENT AND NONFUNCTIONAL AND SO THEY INTEND TO KEEP EVERYTHING AS IT WAS PREVIOUSLY AND THEN JUST PLACE THOSE

COVERINGS OVER THE WINDOWS. >> OKAY. THE COVERINGS GO

INSIDE OR OUTSIDE? >> I BELIEVE INSIDE.

>> SO FROM A DISTANCE IT LOOKS LIKE A WINDOW.

>> YES, MA'AM. >> OKAY.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> THIS IS A SINGLE FILM COVERING THAT WILL ENCASE THE WINDOW? IT'S GOING TO LIMIT VISIBILITY AND AIR. IT WOULD FUNCTION AS A WINDOW?

>> I BELIEVE THEY WILL JUST BE AN ARCHITECTURAL FEATURE TO PRESENT DRAFTS BUT THE PROPONENTS COULD SPEAK TO THIS

FURTHER. >> BECAUSE THE PRECEDENT OF THIS IS AT THE GRACE AND YOU FEEL THIS IS APPROPRIATE FOR THE

AREA? >> I DO.

>> WE'RE VERY THANKFUL THEY WERE ABLE TO RESTORE THE BUILDING. I KNOW THEY HAD TO DO A LOT OF WORK WITH ASBESTOS AND ELECTRICAL UPGRADE TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE OVERALL LOOK -- MOST OF THESE THINGS IN VINYL ARE NOT AS ATTRACTIVE ARE ON THE SIDES AND DOWN THE ALLEYWAYS AND THE MAJOR COMPONENTS THAT ARE WOOD ARE ON THE FACADE PORTIONS, IS THAT

CORRECT? >> YES. THE INTENTION IS TO -- THEY'RE GOING TO KEEP IT AS A PARKING GARAGE PROVIDING TENANTS WITH MORE SECURITY, LIKE COVERING THE WINDOWS. THEY ALSO HAVE L.E.D. LIGHTING AFFIXED THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING. I'LL SEE IF I CAN FIND A PHOTO. BEFORE AND AFTER, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE -- THE PHOTOS WERE TAKEN DURING THE DAY. BUT THAT PROVIDES AN EXTRA SET OF SECURITY. I DON'T THINK THE BLACK VINYL WILL TAKE AWAY BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE THE OPENINGS ALONG THE FRONTAGE THERE.

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>> WHAT ARE THE WOODEN -- THE DOORS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN REPLACED YET, DO YOU HAVE PICTURES? WHAT ARE THOSE GOING TO LOOK LIKE?

>> I BELIEVE THEY'RE GOING TO USE THE SAME BOARD AND BATTEN ON

THOSE DOORS. >> WHERE IS THE ACTUAL ENTRANCE THAT THE CARS -- IS IT LEFT OPEN? THE ENTRANCE THAT THE

CARS ARE GOING TO USE? >> YES.

>> IT'S ALONG NORTH SECOND AND CEDAR.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> I NOTICE THE EXTERIOR HISTORIC BRICK HAS BEEN PAINTED WHEN WAS THAT PAINT ADDED?

>> I CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH THAT. >> WE PULLED PICTURES UP FROM 1989 WHERE IT ALREADY HAD THAT COLOR. SO IT'S BEEN THERE QUITE

A FEW DECADES. >> IT LOOKED TO ME IT WAS ORIGINALLY BRICK AND IT WAS RECENTLY PAINTED. IT WASN'T

MENTIONED AS PART OF THIS WORK. >> THEY ARE GOING TO REPAINT THE FRONT. THAT IS CONSIDERED MAINTAIN SINCE IT'S ALREADY PAINTED THAT COLOR. THEY'RE GOING TO PROVIDE THAT SORT OF --

>> IS THAT REALLY PAINTED OR IS IT SOME OF IT WHITE BRICK AND

SOME OF IT RED BRICK? >> THE RED BRICK IS ALONG THE ALLEYS. THEY INTEND TO KEEP THAT THE SAME. THEY DON'T INTEND TO PAINT OVER ANY OF THAT, INCLUDING THE MURAL. THE ONLY THING THEY INTEND TO DO IS REPLACE THAT PARKING SIGN THERE AS WELL WITH SOMETHING MORE APPROPRIATE TO THE TIME PERIOD.

THEN THEY WILL JUST UPKEEP. IT'S GENERAL UPKEEP TO THE

PAINT. >> SO THEY ARE REPAINTING THIS

BEIGE COLOR? >> CORRECT, TEXAS TAN.

>> OKAY. >> THIS LOOKS LIKE IT'S NEW PAINT. I GUESS HAS IT ALREADY BEEN PAINTED?

>> THAT WHITE? >> FROM THIS PHOTO, I'M NOT SURE BUT I THINK THE PROPONENTS CAN SPEAK.

>> IT HAPPENS TO BE ADJACENT TO OUR BUILDING AND THAT COLOR HAS

BEEN THERE FOR SOME TIME. >> OKAY.

>> BASED OFF THE PHOTOS WE WERE ABLE TO FIND, SLIDES, IT WAS THIS COLOR. SO WE CAN'T FIND AN EXACT HISTORICAL REFERENCE TO

THE ORIGINAL COLOR. >> THE RED BRICK, THE GO SIGNS, EVERYTHING ELSE WILL REMAIN AS IS?

>> THAT'S CORRECT. >> IS THAT SOUTHEAST GARAGE DOOR

OPERABLE? >> WHICH ONE? LET'S SEE.

SOUTHEAST ... THE ONE ALONG THE ALLEY THAT IS BRAND-NEW?

>> IT'S ALREADY FILLED IN? >> THE ONE THAT'S BEING

COMPLETELY REPLACED AND -- >> IS IT OPERATABLE OR -- THAT'S TOWARD CEDAR STREET. I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS JUST A WALL NOW

OR -- >> IT'S GOING TO BE A PERMANENTLY AFFIXED WALL. NO ENTRANCE OR EXIT.

>> SO THAT'S PART OF THE PARKING GARAGE ON THAT PART OF THE BUILDING AS WELL? I JUST DIDN'T KNOW HOW TRAFFIC COULD FLOW

THROUGH THERE. >> IT'S PART OF THE PARKING

GARAGE THERE. >> OKAY.

>> SO THEY WOULD HAVE TO TURN AROUND AND GO BACK OUT THE WAY

THEY CAME IN? >> EITHER THAT WAY OR -- THERE'S BOTH INGRESS AND EGRESS THROUGH SECOND STREET OR CEDAR SO THEY CAN CHOOSE WHICHEVER ROUTE. I THINK THE ALLEY ACCESS IS GOING

TO BE PERMANENTLY SHUT OFF. >> SO IT ACTUALLY ORIGINALLY HAD

FIVE DOORS. >> I BELIEVE SO.

>> THREE OF THEM ARE GOING TO BE PERMANENTLY CLOSED OFF AND TWO

ARE STILL GOING TO BE THERE. >> THE STREET ENTRANCES WILL REMAIN OPEN. ALLEY ACCESSES WILL NOT.

>> THAT'S A LOT OF DOORS. >> RIGHT.

>> OKAY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. WE'LL CLOSE THE STAFF MEETING AND IS THERE A STAFF REPORT? AND IF THERE'S ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO COME SPEAK. COME TO THE PODIUM AND SAY YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE.

>> HI, I'M JULIE -- CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER OF THE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF ABILENE, 174 CYPRESS STREET. I WANT TO CLARIFY ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAD THAT -- ZACH DID A WONDERFUL JOB EXPLAINING IT. WE'RE PROUD TO BE THE NEW OWNER OF THIS PROPERTY AND ALSO OF 174 CYPRESS STREET. AND SO WE WANT TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND GOOD STEWARDS OF THE BUILDING DOWNTOWN. THESE DOORS RIGHT HERE REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY IN AND OUT TRAFFIC AS FAR AS CARS GO. IT'S JUST OPEN AND CLOSED FOR AIR FLOW AND PEOPLE WALKING AND SO FORTH. THEY WILL BE REBUILT TO LOOK JUST LIKE THE EXISTING DOORS. ONE IS IN PROGRESS NOW AND THE OTHER ONE WILL BE REBUILT AS WELL. SO THE WINDOWS THAT YOU SEE WITH THE METAL FRAMES, THOSE WILL ALL BE OPEN AIR AND IT WILL HAVE A

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NETTING, A METAL NETTING TO KEEP BIRDS OUT AND BATS AND SO FORTH THEN THIS -- THESE PANELS WILL JUST BE TO THE STREET WHERE THAT WAS CLOSED OFF WITH WOOD BEFORE SO IT WAS CLOSED OFF WITH WOOD AND IT WILL JUST REMAIN -- IT WILL REMAIN THE BLACK FRAMES AND THOSE WILL BE REPAINTED BLACK. SO THE BLACK SHIELDS WILL BE TOWARDS THE STREET JUST WHERE THE ROTTING WOOD EXISTED BEFORE I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY FOR

DETAILS? >> I UNDERSTAND WHY YOU CLOSED OFF THE OTHER DOORS. IT'S A GOOD SECURITY PROTOCOL. ARE YOU JUST GOING TO HAVE EVERYTHING FLOWING ONE DIRECTION OR ARE YOU IS GOING GOING TO KEEP IT BOTH DIRECTIONS.

>>> WE HAVE TWO ENTRANCES, ONE ON CYPRESS AND ONE ON SECOND STREET SO THERE'S TWO WAYS TO GET IN AND OUT. THIS SHOWS ONE ENTRANCE GOING IN AND THEN YOU GO AROUND THE CORNER OUT ON

SECOND STREET. OR VICE VERSA. >> IS THIS PARKING PRIMARLY FOR

DCOA OR PUBLIC AS WELL? >> THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PARKS THERE AND SEVERAL OTHER -- THE RESTAURANT, CYPRESS STREET AND

SEVERAL OTHER TENANTS. >> IT'S TENANT PARKING, NOT

PUBLIC PARKING. >> UH-HUH. SO ACTUALLY, I GUESS ON SECOND THOUGHT, THE -- ALL THE CARS GO IN ONE WAY.

>> THAT WAS MY QUESTION. >> YEAH. IN ONE WAY AND OUT THE OTHER. THERE'S ONLY TWO OPENINGS.

>> THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS MAKING CHANGES TO THE STREET PARKING. PARKING WILL BE CHANGED AND IT'S GOOD TO KNOW WE CAN GET MORE CARS OFF THE STREET TO ALLOW FOR PUBLIC PARKING.

>> TO FREE THOSE SPACES UP FOR PUBLIC PARKING.

>> OKAY. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?

>> I'M STILL NOT CLEAR ABOUT THE CANVAS COVERS FOR THE WINDOWS.

>> WELL, SO IN THIS -- >> IS IT LIKE A ROLLUP SHADE OR IS IT SECURED IN THERE PERMANENTLY?

>> IT'S -- NONE OF THESE REALLY SHOW. IF YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO THE -- SO SEE WHERE THIS TRAILER IS? THOSE WINDOWS? THOSE WINDOWS FACED THE STREET. THE ONES THAT ARE IN THE VERY BACK.

THEY FACED THE STREET AND IT WAS WOOD. IT WAS ROTTED WOOD THAT WAS UP BEFORE. SO IT WOULD BE ONE OF THESE RIGHT HERE. SO INSTEAD OF THOSE BEING OPEN, BECAUSE THE FRAMES ARE NO LONGER THERE, THAT'S WHERE THE -- THAT'S WHERE THE PLASTIC WILL

GO, RIGHT? SHIELD, SHIELD. >> BLACK LACKERED STEEL.

>> SO THE BIG OPENS AND THE TOP. >> CORRECT. IT'S STEEL.

>> AND IT WILL BE BEHIND THE WOOD.

>> BEHIND THE WOOD. UH-HUH. THE WOOD WILL BE PAINTED, YOU KNOW, TO MATCH AND EVERYTHING. WE JUST -- THE WOOD WAS ROTTING AND COULDN'T HOLD ANYTHING AS FAR AS THE FRAME.

>> SO INSTEAD OF GLASS, IT'S GOING TO HAVE PIECES OF --

>> SO IT WOULD ONLY BE ON THE SECOND STREET AND CYPRESS STREET

OPENINGS. >> SO JUST CURIOUS, TRAFFIC GOING FROM CEDAR TO NORTH SECOND OR NORTH-SECOND TO CEDAR?

>> IT GOES IN ON CEDAR AND OUT ON SECOND.

>> OKAY. CORRECT? >> RIGHT.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE CERTIFICATE? OKAY, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION AMONG THE COMMISSIONERS? WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO PROPOSE A MOTION?

>> I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CERTIFICATE OF

APPROPRIATENESS. >> WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE

CA-2020-05, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? >> I'LL SECOND.

>> MR. BUTMAN. >> YES.

>> MR. BLACK. >> YES.

>> MR. HALLIBURTON. >> YES.

>> AND MISS LEE? >> YES AND THE MOTION TO APPROVE

CARRIES. >> OKAY, THE NEXT ITEM ON THE

[3. CA-2020-06: Receive a Report and Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing on a request for a Certificate of Appropriateness (CA) to replace 39 exterior windows of the primary residence, replace front door inset glass to beveled frosted glass, and reconstruct the rear entry door.]

AGENDA IS CA-2020-06, RECEIVE A REPORT AND HOLD A DISCUSSION AND PUBLIC HEARING ON REQUEST FOR CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS TO REPLACE 39 EXTERIOR WINDOWS OF THE PRIMARY RESIDENCE, REPLACE FRONT DOOR INSET GLASS TO BEVELED FROSTED GLASS AND RECONSTRUCT THE REAR ENTRY DOOR AND WE'LL HAVE A STAFF REPORT ON

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THIS CERTIFICATE. >> NICK WATTS, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER. I'LL PRESENT THIS CASE FOR OWNERS NITA AND TERRY HOLLAND AND AGENT GARRETT GARRETT FOR 1545 NORTH FIFTH STREET. THE CERTIFICATE OF APPROPIATENESS IS TO REPLACE THE 39 EXTERIOR WINDOWS OF THE PRIMARY RESIDENCE AND REPLACE THE FRONT DOOR INSET GLASS TO BEVELED FROSTED GLASS AND RECONSTRUCT THE REAR ENTRY DOOR A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND OF THIS PROPERTY. IT'S A PRAIRIE RECONCILE CRAFTSMAN FOUR SQUARE HOUSE BUILT IN 1915 BY DAVID CASTLE WITH DESIGN INFLUENCE FROM THE FAMOUS ARCHITECT FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT. THIS HOME IS FREQUENTLY REFERRED TO AS THE BACON HOUSE, BUILT FOR A PROMINENT LOCAL BUSINESSMAN, C.W. BACON. HE WAS VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER OF THE WITH H.O. WOOTEN GROCERY COMPANY, DIRECTOR OF FARMERS & MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK OF ABILENE, AND PRESIDENT OF ABILENE COUNTRY CLUB. C.W. BACON WAS ALSO A CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PRESIDENT AND HELPED RAISE FUNDS TO PURCHASE LAND FOR ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY. THIS HOUSE WAS OWNED BY THE BACON FAMILY UNTIL THE LATE 1950'S ONLY FOUR OR FIVE OTHER RESIDENTS HAVE LIVED THERE. ONE WAS A LOCAL BUSINESSMAN AND FOR A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THE BACON HOUSE IS A TWO-STORY UNPAINTED BRICK BUILDING WITH HORIZONTAL FEATURES, A HELPED AND BI-LEVEL PITCHED SLOPED ROOF EMPHASIZED BY A WIDE PORCH AND SMALL CENTERED DORMER. SECOND STORY WINDOWS WERE REPLACED IN THE 1950'S AND ALL DOUBLE SASH WINDOWS WERE REPLACED WITH SINGLE PAYNE WINDOWS IN 1982. AND ALL OF THE WINDOWS WERE THEN AGAIN REPLACED WITH VINYL WINDOWS IN 2003. ALL THESE WERE APPROVED WITH A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS AS WELL.

I FORGOT TO ADD THIS WAS INCLUDED INTO THE 1979 ABILENE HISTORIC SURVEY OF HISTORIC PROPERTIES. AND GRANTED HISTORIC OVERLAY ZONING IN MAY OF 1986.

HERE'S A LOCATION MAP INDICATING THE PROPERTY HIGHLIGHTED AND STRIPED IN YELLOW. THIS IS A ZONING MAP INDICATING THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE AREA IS MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL. THIS IS THE NEIGHBORING EMPOWERMENT ZONE MAP INDICATING THE PROPERTY IS -- CAN SEE THESE WINDOWS ALL ALONG THE -- I THINK IT IS THE EASTERN SIDE, ARE VINYL WINDOWS, THE WINDOWS TO BE REPLACED WITH A MORE ARCHITECTURAL WINDOW. THEY'RE INSETS TO THEY'LL SHALL PLACED FROM THE INSIDE SO NO -- NOTHING TO THE STRUCTURE OR THE EXTERIOR WILL BE REMOVED TO REPLACE THESE WINDOWS. HERE'S THE FRONT DOOR. CURRENTLY IT'S A DIFFERENT TYPE OF FROSTED GLASS BUT THEY WOULD LIKE TO REPLACE IT WITH SOMETHING FOR ENERGY-EFFICIENT AND APPROPRIATE FOR THE TIME PERIOD. T THIS IS THE BACKDOOR. AT ONE POINT IN TIME SOMEONE PUT IN A CAT DOOR AND THEY INTEND TO FIX THIS DOOR TO THE BEST OF THEIR AVAILABILITY. IN THE EVENT THEY CAN'T THEY WOULD LIKE APPROVAL OF A DOOR THAT IS SIMILAR TO THE TIME PERIOD.

>> THAT WAS THE WRONGDOINGY DOOR.

>> I'M NOT SURE IF IT WAS A CAT DOOR OR DOGGY DOOR.

>> LITTLE YORKIE. >> STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS.

I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

>> THE PROFILE OF THE NEW WINDOWS GOING IN, ARE THOSE PROFILES TAKEN OFF DAVID CASTLE'S DRAWINGS?

>> I BELIEVE. THEY HAVE ALL THE ORIGINAL DRAWINGS INSIDE.

DO WE HAVE A PICTURE? I THINK Y'ALL PROVIDED -- I THINK Y'ALL PROVIDED SOME SLIDES OR PICTURES OF BRANDS -- OF A BRAND.

>> YEAH, I THINK WITHIN YOUR REPORT, THERE WAS A SLIDE WITH THE TYPES ... THEY'RE MARVIN WINDOWS.

>> DOES SOMEONE HAVE SLIDES? >> NOT ON THIS PRESENTATION.

BUT THEY'RE MARVIN WINDOWS AND TYPICALLY HISTORIC HOMES THAT WANT TO MAINTAIN THE HISTORIC PROPERTY, THEY'LL REPLACE IT

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WITH THAT TYPE OF WINDOW. >> WE DON'T HAVE ANY HISTORIC

PHOTOS? >> NOT THAT I WAS ABLE TO FIND.

>> OKAY. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WE'LL CLOSE THE STAFF REPORT. IF THERE'S ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THIS ITEM, YOU CAN

COME. >>

>> I WOULD LIKE TO ASK JUST FOR FUN ON THIS STUFF --

>> PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

>> BRIAN POLK, 820 SOUTH TREADWAY.

>> IS THERE ANYTHING I WOULD LIKE TO ADD?

>> NO, THEY WERE JUST TRYING TO HOLD TRUTH TO THE INTEGRITY OF THE HOME. I HAVE ASKED THAT WE SPARE NO EXPENSE ON DOING THIS.

SO -- >> CAN YOU TELL US WHAT THE

WOODEN WINDOWS -- >> THEY'RE MARVIN WINDOWS, THEY'RE PINE. WE ARE GOING TO PAINT THE OUTSIDE AND STAIN THE

INSIDES. >> OKAY. ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE

LIKE DIFFERENT PANES OF GLASS? >>YES, THEY'LL BE GAS FILLED AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO CLEAN THEM. OPEN THE TOP AND THE

BOTTOM FOR IT BEING TWO-STORY. >> LIKE SOME ARE SIX ON TOP AND

ONE ON THE BOTTOM. >> NO, ACTUALLY WITH THE -- WITH THE PRINTS AND EVERYTHING THAT WERE THERE, THEY'RE JUST ONE

PIECE OF GLASS. >> ONE ON TOP AND ONE ON THE

BOTTOM. >> UH-HUH, THAT WAS ORIGINAL.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> YES, MA'AM.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I'M SORRY.

>> MORE DIRECTED BACK TOWARDS MR. WATTS. THE CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS, YOU SAID IT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE BACKDOOR, WE'RE STRICTLY TALKING ABOUT THE WINDOWS.

>>> NO IT DOES INCLUDE THE BACKDOOR.

>> IT DOES INCLUDE THE POSSIBILITY OF REPLACING THE

BACKDOOR. >> IN THE EVENT THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY OF THE DOOR BECAUSE OF THE CAT DOOR.

>> OKAY, THANK YOU.

>> OKAY, ANY OTHER SPEAKERS FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? IF NOT, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

ANY DISCUSSIONS? SOUNDS GREAT. >> YEAH.

>> I'M GETTING OLD. I HELPED APPROVE THAT LAST REDO OF ALL

THOSE WINDOWS. >> IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY WENT THROUGH A GREAT DEAL OF TROUBLE FOR THE HOLLANDE FAMILY, FINDING THE BLUEPRINTS, IT'S A TESTAMENT TO MR. CASTLE AND THE NEW OWNERS. WE APPRECIATE THEY COME FORWARD AND FOLLOW THE STEPS NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY OF THIS BUILDING.

>> IT'S GOING TO BE BEAUTIFUL. IT'S GOING TO BE GORGEOUS, GOING BACK TO THE WOODEN WINDOWS. SO WE -- WE NEED TO WORD IT SOMEHOT ONE QUESTION. DO WE NEED TO SAY IN THE MOTION THAT WE GIVE HIM THE OPTION OF BEING FLEXIBLE ON THE BACKDOOR, OR IS IT ALREADY

WRITTEN IN? WELL IT SAYS -- >> TO YOUR RECO RECOMMENDATION.

>> I WOULD SPECIFIC CLEARLY THAT IN THE EVENT THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO KEEP THE STRUCTURE INTEGRITY OF THE DOOR, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO

REPLACE IT. >> IT'S PART OF THE CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS APPLICATION, CORRECT?

>> IT SAYS RECONSTRUCT THE REAR ENTRY DOOR.

>> CORRECT. >> IF IT WAS DRAFTED TO BE PART OF IT, YOU CAN JUST APPROVE THE CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS AND IT WILL INCLUDE THAT. IT'S ALL GOING TO BE INCLUDED,

CORRECT? >> CORRECT.

>> WELL, I GUESS RECONSTRUCT -- I READ THAT KIND OF AS REBUILDING THE EXISTING SHALL, NOT COMPLETELY REPLACING IT.

>> YOU CAN INCLUDE REPLACE. >> OKAY. DO YOU HAVE ANY

DISCUSSION? >> I JUST THINK THIS IS A WONDERFUL -- THE CASE WE'VE GOT HERE, THE MARVIN WINDOWS, THE --

>> THAT'S A BIG INVESTMENT. THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL HOUSE. IT'S INCREDIBLE ON THE INSIDE. IT'S BEAUTIFUL. IT WAS A BUSINESS FOR A WHILE. IT WAS A OIL BUSINESS.

>> FOR ABOUT A YEAR'S TIME. >> THE CARTERS HAD THEIR OIL BUSINESS THERE FOR A WHILE. DO I HAVE A MOTION?

>> IF IT PROJECT IS ANY INDICATION OF THE SENSITIVITY WE CAN EXPECT ON FUTURE RENOVATIONS OF THIS HOME, I WOULD SAY THIS

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HOME IS IN WONDERFUL HANDS. MY PERSONAL EXPRESSION OF GRATITUDE FOR THE HONORS FOR THIS LEVEL OF SENSITIVITY.

>> THEY'VE ASKED ME FOR EVERYTHING. EVEN THE GRASS REQUIRED A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS.

ACCEPT CA-2020-06. >> I WILL SECOND WITH

ENTHUSIASM. >> WE'LL ADD THE OPTION.

>> WITH THE OPTION THAT THEY CAN REPLACE THE BACKDOOR IF THEY

CAN'T RECONSTRUCT WHAT'S THERE. >> WITH A WHITE --

>> BUT IT WOULD BE A SIMILAR STYLE DOOR.

>> OKAY. DO I HAVE A SECOND? >> I WOULD SECOND THAT.

>> ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS REQUEST WITH THE OPTION FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE BACKDOOR IF NECESSARY.

MR. BUTMAN. >> YES.

>> MR. BLACK? >> YES.

>> MR. HALLIBURTON. >> YES.

>> AND MISS LEE? >> YES.

>> MOTION TO APPROVE CARRIES. >> THAT CONCLUDES TODAY'S MEETING. THANK YOU FOR

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